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CAN COVER.

No. 268,741. Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

AMBROSE WILLIS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

CAN-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,741, dated September 5, 1882. Application filed April 22, 1882. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE WILLIs, a

a citizen of the United States, residing atTroy,

in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gan-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in can-covers of sheet metal having a screwthread swaged thereon; and the objects of my 1 the cover to the can of rigid membersvinterlinked to form a hinge, one member being immovably attached to the can and the other swiveled to the cover. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accom- 2o panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of the cover partly removed from its seat upon the cap or top of a can. Fig. 2 is a view of the cover-ring interlinked with the loop or member to be se- Fig. 3 is a side view of the cover, showing the annular groove to receive the cover-ring. Fig. 4is a side view of the upper portion of a can having my improved cover-fastening.

o Heretofore the cover of various devices has been grooved to receive a ring fitting loosely therein, and this ring has been secured to the body of the device by means of a chain liable to rattle against its side and abrade its sur- Others have been provided with an arm made to rest upon the top surface of the cover and pivoted thereto by means of a loose rivet; but even in this a chain has been used to unite said arm to the 0 body of the can, and my main object is to use only rigid members, to dispense with a chain, and to obtain a noiseless fastening.

In the drawings, E is the can-cover. It is made of thin sheet metal, and has a screw- 4 5 thread "spun thereon in the usual manner. It

O, producing agiivot-hinge capable of action whatever may be the position of the loop b upon the oblongloop O. This loopGis generally made of a strip of sheet metal, so as to have a comparatively broad fiat surface to come in contact with the upper portion of the can or with the cap or shoulder D thereof, and be soldered or otherwise secured thereto.

When new cans are to be provided with my improved cover-fastening the loop 0 may be soldered directly to the upper portion thereof; but my invention is also intended to be applied to cans already made having a smooth ora screwthreaded upper end. When applied to a smooth-top can the cap, with its shoulder D, should be soldered-thereto; but when it is to be applied to a top already screw-threaded my serewthreaded top and' shoulder D is simply screwed tightly, by hand or with a pair of tongs, over said screw-threaded top of the can, and for that purpose the interior of my screwthreaded'tops are made and serew-swaged of a diameter equal to the interior diameter of ordinary covers, and can thus be applied in an instant and substituted for a lost or damaged cover previously used. The can-cover E, being permanently hinged to the shoulder D, cannot be lost, and will be found very useful where from the nature of the contents of the can there would be danger of depreciation of quality of liquids or of substances placed therein, if they should remain open.

claim- 1. A caucover secured to a can. by means of a hinge having rigid members, one of which is a loop, 0, secured to the can or its shouldered cap D, and the other a ring fitting loosely in a groove around the cover and pro: vided with a loop, I), substantially'as and for the purpose described. I

2. The combination of a can or its shouldered cap D and loop 0, rigidly secured thereto, with the can-cover E, having a surrounding groove, and the ring B, having the loop I) integral therewith and interlinking with the rigidly-secured link 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

. AMBROSE WILLIS.

Witnesses:

JACOB L. RowE, AUSTIN F. PARK.

Having now fully described myinvention, I, 

